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Take it on chin, pal

By Dylan Hartley

CHRIS ASHTON isn’t the kind of guy who would set out to bite anyone.
But incidents like this are self-inflicted and you have to take it on the chin — I know that more than most.
Being banned from doing what you love is tough and I have some sympathy for my good mate. But the disciplinary process is tough for a reason.
My advice to him would be to keep his head down — find a way of distancing yourself from the furore — and come back stronger and more disciplined.
I texted Ashy after the game and told him I knew how he felt.
Regardless of the rights and wrongs of what’s happened it’s a truly horrible place to be. In the build-up to his hearing on Tuesday, I’m sure he was probably thinking the worst.
Rugby is your world, you are in so deep and you think it is the most important thing ever.
But what I would also say to Chris is: make the most of this time you will get with your family.
Find some perspective, keep training and I’m sure we will see a focussed and determined Ashy back in December.

The 71-cap Wallaby tweeted: “@ChrisAshton1 is not the Mario Balotelli of rugby... he is the Luis Suarez! There are NO excuses.”

Former England centre Will Greenwood had said of Ashton: “He’s Mario Balotelli. Someone give him a T-shirt, ‘Why Always Me?’.”

Barcelona and Uruguay star Suarez also served a ten-game ban for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic when playing for Liverpool.

Suarez never managed to shrug off the shame at Anfield — and Ashton may now face a similar ordeal at Allianz Park.

Northampton skipper Tom Wood also stuck the boot into his old team-mate.